Two IBAs have been identified in Hong Kong (covering c.6% of the land area of the territory): the "Inner Deep Bay and Shenzhen River catchment area" - a globally important wetland site that supports very large numbers of passage and wintering waterbirds including several threatened species, and the forested area "Tai Po Kau, Shing Mun and Tai Mo Shan" that supported many of the characteristic species of the Sino-Himalayan subtropical forest biome.